Electric toaster.



A. S. GUBITT.

ELECTRIC TOASTBR.

APPLICATION FILED 11011.17. 1909.

1,021,289. Patented 113112111912.

.Z175 TTURNEX Upon this base are supported a number of lheating devices 11. In this case I have lof ,an improved cooking utensil of the type 'radiant heat.

' y My invention relates more specifically to cooking utensils which can be used for ythe bread to be toasted can beconvenently 4 vation of my toaster; and Fig. 2 is an end mariano sTArEs pagani OFFICE.

ARCHIBALD, S. CUBITT, OF PITTSFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR T0 GENERAL `ELECTRIC COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF NEWYORK.

ELECTRIC TOASTER.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Mal. 26, 1912.

Application filed November 17, 1909. Serial No. 528,486.

To all wiz om it may concern:

Beit known that I, ARCHIBALD- S. Ctmn'r, a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at Pittsfield, vcounty of Berkshire,

l.This invention relates to electric heatingy devices and has for its object theprovision in which the cooking is entirely done by toasting, although it is evident that broiling may be done on a device of similar design.

One of thel objects of my invention is to produce a device of this character in which placed in toasting position.

In carryingv out my invention I provide a plurality of frames for supporting the bread to be toasted, which frames are .movable with respect to the heating devices. I preferably employ a plurality of heating units and a plurality o movable frames adjacent thereto, so that the bread will be toasted on both sides at the same time.

Other objectsl of my invention will appear in the course of the following specification inwhich I have shown my invention embodiedin concrete vmechanism for purposes of illustration.

In the drawings disclosing one embodlment of my invention, Figure 1 is a side eleelevation of the same with one of the toasting frames moved vout of toasting positlon.

Referrin to the'drawings, 10 represents a base which isv preferably of some insu-4 lating 1nateria l,.such as porcelain or the like.

shown seven parallel devices'spaced from eachother. Each device consists of four heating units 12.` The particular construction of these heating units and their arrangement in-each device forms no part of my invention, since a construction of this type is disclosed in the patent t0 Shailor, No'. 950,058. Briefly, the heating device consists of four insulating supports 13, of

material such as mica or the like,`in the form These strips are supported attheir upper end in insulating buttons 14, which buttons are supported in the wire framework. The wire frame ofeach heating device is substantially the same as that disclosed in the above patent, there bein an inverted U- shaped frame 15 consistlngof a strip of metal forming an outside frame to lend rigidity to the structure and to provide a bearing for the toatin frame. The cross frame supporting the uttons 14 is itself supported on frame 15. The toasting frames 16 consist of a plurality of U-shaped wires 17 having their-ends bent over the wire 18 which forms two edges of the frame. These U-shaped frames are adapted to receive the bread which is to be toasted and the frame as a whole is pivoted to the rod 19, which rod isrsecured in lugs 20 in the frames 15. 'The top frame 18 is extended, as shown at 21, beyond the heating device, so as to form a handle and also act as a support when the frames are moved into the vertical position shown in Fig. 2.

It willbe seen that in using this device the frames areffrst moved into a `vertical position and the l bread inserted. 'The frames are then rotated on their pivots until they assume the position of the frame shown at 22; At any time during the toasting operation the bread may be inspected by simply tilting the frame. Bythis arrangement, the. bread is` simultaneously toasted on both sides in a very simple manner, and'may be inserted, removed and inspected'without dangerto the oprator `ofbeing burned. l

Various modifications of my invention willsug esti themselves to those skilled in the art, ut it should be understood that I do not limit my invention to the arrangement shown herein except in so far as it is` covered bythe scope of the claims annexed rality of pivoted'toasting frames each between adjacent devices and movable into and out of proximity thereto.

3. An electricy toaster comprising a plurality of heating devicesarranged inpara-llel planes and a -plurality of. toasting frames pivotally mounted between adjacent heating devices and movable into and out of proximity thereto.

4. An electric toaster comprising a plurality of heating devices arranged in parallel vertical planes, a plurality 'of toasting frames pivotally mounted for movement parallel therewith," each framefbeing movable independently of the others linto and out of a position between the devices.

' mounted for movement 5. An electric toaster comprising-v ajplu- Y devices Aarranged in `paralrality of heating lel vertical planes, a' plurality? of toasting frames alternating therewith and pivotally independently of each other into and out of position between the devices, and a projection on each frame forming a handle for moving .the same and acting to support the frame in its outer position. Y

In witness whereof, I` havev hereunto set v my hand this 16th day of November, '1909.

' -Witne'sses: v I

,BENJAMIN B; vHELEN Onrom).

ARCHIBALD S.l CUBlVTT. 

